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Finland is home to 4 documented ethnic groups in Northern Europe — led by Finnish (~86%), Finnish Immigrant (~8%), Swedish Finn (~5%), Sami Finland (~0%). This page blends their phenotype and demographic data into one weighted reference: skin tone, facial features, hair texture and build, drawn from published census and ancestry sources.

Demographic Composition

Composition weights are derived from self-identification in published census and demographic surveys. Each row links to the source ethnic-group atlas page.

Ethnic groupWeightSource
FinnishFinnish86.4%Statistics Finland 2024 estimates; Finns (~86.6%, ~4.8M+ of ~5.6M total). Finnic ethnic group, predominantly Lutheran Protestant
Finnish ImmigrantFinnish Immigrant8.2%Statistics Finland 2024; immigrant-descended Finns (~8.2%); predominantly Russian, Estonian, Iraqi, Somali, Chinese, Swedish, Vietnamese, plus other source populations
Swedish FinnSwedish Finn5.2%Statistics Finland 2024; Swedish-speaking Finns (~5.2%, ~290,000+); concentrated in coastal areas (Ostrobothnia, Uusimaa, Turku archipelago) plus the autonomous Åland Islands. Swedish is co-official with Finnish in Finland
Sami FinlandSami Finland0.2%Statistics Finland; Finnish Sámi (~0.04%, ~10,000+); the Indigenous Sámi people of northern Finland (Lapland), cross-border with Norway, Sweden, Russia

Finland Phenotype Profile

Finland has a Finnish-majority demographic profile (~86.6%) with substantial Swedish-speaking minority (~5.2%) plus immigrant-descended population (~8.2%) plus the small Indigenous Sámi community. Finns have one of the most distinctive European population-genetic profiles. Adult Finnish male mean stature approximately 180-182 cm.

A descriptive view, not a claim about individuals

This page shows a weighted aggregate of phenotype observations across the Finland population, based on demographic composition from published census and ancestry sources. Phenotypes within any country are far more varied than the aggregate suggests; this is a descriptive reference, not a deterministic claim about any individual. For source-level detail on individual ethnic groups, see the constituent atlas pages linked below.

Methodology Notes

Composition weights derived from Statistics Finland 2024 estimates.

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Primary Sources

  1. 1.Statistics Finland. StatFin Online Database 2024. Helsinki: SVT; 2024.
  2. 2.Lavery JE. The History of Finland. Greenwood; 2006.
  3. 3.Aikio S. Suomen saamelaiset / The Sámi of Finland. WSOY; 1997.
  4. 4.Salmela E, Lappalainen T, Fransson I, et al. Genome-wide analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms uncovers population structure in Northern Europe. PLoS ONE. 2008;3(10):e3519.
  5. 5.Margaryan A, Lawson DJ, Sikora M, et al. Population genomics of the Viking world. Nature. 2020;585(7825):390-396.

Other countries in Northern Europe

Aggregate phenotype references for neighbouring Northern Europe nations, weighted by demographic composition.

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